Jean-Pierre Dedet

TL;DR: Since 1980, the development of leish maniasis in Algeria has been marked by a considerable increase in the number of cases of both visceral leishmaniasis and cutaneous leishManiasis (more than 2000 cases per year), with major foci in the north and south of the country.

TL;DR: The phylogenetic analysis showed that the 7 Leishmania zymodemes obtained hold ancestral positions on the phylogenetic tree, supporting the hypothesis of an East African origin of visceral leishmaniasis.

TL;DR: A follow-up study of 219 patients infected with parasitologically confirmed cutaneous leishmaniasis in French Guiana was made between 1981 and 1987, finding that young male adults entering the forest for professional activities and having lesions of the classical ulcerative type appeared to be common.

TL;DR: A patient infected with human immunodeficiency virus developed a diffuse cutaneous nodular syndrome and the parasite isolated from a skin nodule was studied by isoenzymatic characterization and transmission electron microscopy of both culture forms and those in the patient's skin biopsy.

TL;DR: Two cases of skin lesions similar to those caused by Leishmania parasites have been reported from Martinique and sequence of the 18S ribosomal RNA gene and partial sequences of the DNA polymerase alpha and RNA polymerase II largest subunit genes indicated that the Martinique parasites clustered with L. enriettii and were basal to all other euleishmania.